Alf tells Marilyn about Jesse and Nat. Ailsa tells Alf off for gossiping but Alf does as he says the parties involved are not trying to keep it secret. Alf snubs Jesse when Jesse comes into the Diner. Marilyn later tells James and most of Summer Bay about the Jesse and Nat. Marilyn later seeing Gypsy and Jesse in the dinner attempts to warn Gypsy about gossip. Gypsy has not got a clue what Marilyn is talking about.

Donald shows John the replacement General Studies teacher around the school and introduces him to Sam and Haley. John is an Aborigine, and Hayley makes a remark to Sam later about the ‘Abo'. Sam is shocked and says that Hayley is a racist. Hayley says she is not a racist saying that ‘Abo' is just a phrase as ‘Poem' is.

Irene has afternoon tea with John at the Diner and discovers that John grew up in a town where Irene lived with her ex-husband for two years. When Irene asks where John lived she is embarrassed to find that John lived in an orphanage.

Travis comforts Rebecca who still feels bad about Justine. Rebecca is feeling stressed and because she has no classes takes the afternoon off. Travis and Rebecca have a romantic picnic on the beach; they say to each other they can't remember the last time they did this. They talk to each other about leaving a note pretending to have gone out and continuing to be alone in peace and quiet in their bedroom.